SAN JOSE — At barely 5 feet tall, Beca Perez is not the most physically imposing figure on a football field. But the 27-year-old has already made a massive imprint on the program that finished last season with the most regular season wins of any Football Bowl Subdivision school in California.

Perez is San Jose State’s director of player personnel, overseeing the program’s recruiting efforts. The Sunnyvale native was one of just three women with that job at the FBS level in 2024.

“I have a hard time remembering everybody that I run into, but people don’t really forget about me,” said Perez, who can be easily spotted on the Spartans sideline by her chrome Quay sunglasses that shine like medieval armor.

The difference between Perez and her fellow groundbreakers – Callie Cameron at Baylor a

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